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<span id="mac-specific-services"></span><h1>37. Mac OS X specific services<a class="headerlink" href="#mac-os-x-specific-services" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p>This chapter describes modules that are only available on the Mac OS X platform.</p>
<p>See the chapters <a class="reference external" href="macosa.html#mac-scripting"><em>MacPython OSA Modules</em></a> and <a class="reference external" href="undoc.html#undoc-mac-modules"><em>Undocumented Mac OS modules</em></a> for more
modules, and the HOWTO <a class="reference external" href="../using/mac.html#using-on-mac"><em>Using Python on a Macintosh</em></a> for a general introduction to
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<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference external" href="ic.html">37.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ic</span></tt> &#8212; Access to the Mac OS X Internet Config</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="ic.html#ic-objects">37.1.1. IC Objects</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference external" href="macos.html">37.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">MacOS</span></tt> &#8212; Access to Mac OS interpreter features</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference external" href="macostools.html">37.3. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">macostools</span></tt> &#8212; Convenience routines for file manipulation</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference external" href="macostools.html#module-findertools">37.4. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">findertools</span></tt> &#8212; The <strong>finder</strong>&#8216;s Apple Events interface</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference external" href="easydialogs.html">37.5. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">EasyDialogs</span></tt> &#8212; Basic Macintosh dialogs</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="easydialogs.html#progressbar-objects">37.5.1. ProgressBar Objects</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference external" href="framework.html">37.6. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">FrameWork</span></tt> &#8212; Interactive application framework</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="framework.html#application-objects">37.6.1. Application Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="framework.html#window-objects">37.6.2. Window Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="framework.html#controlswindow-object">37.6.3. ControlsWindow Object</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="framework.html#scrolledwindow-object">37.6.4. ScrolledWindow Object</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="framework.html#dialogwindow-objects">37.6.5. DialogWindow Objects</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference external" href="autogil.html">37.7. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">autoGIL</span></tt> &#8212; Global Interpreter Lock handling in event loops</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html">37.8. Mac OS Toolbox Modules</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.AE">37.8.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.AE</span></tt> &#8212; Apple Events</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.AH">37.8.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.AH</span></tt> &#8212; Apple Help</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.App">37.8.3. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.App</span></tt> &#8212; Appearance Manager</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.Appearance">37.8.4. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.Appearance</span></tt> &#8212; Appearance Manager constants</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.CF">37.8.5. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.CF</span></tt> &#8212; Core Foundation</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.CG">37.8.6. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.CG</span></tt> &#8212; Core Graphics</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.CarbonEvt">37.8.7. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.CarbonEvt</span></tt> &#8212; Carbon Event Manager</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.CarbonEvents">37.8.8. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.CarbonEvents</span></tt> &#8212; Carbon Event Manager constants</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.Cm">37.8.9. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.Cm</span></tt> &#8212; Component Manager</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.Components">37.8.10. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.Components</span></tt> &#8212; Component Manager constants</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.ControlAccessor">37.8.11. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.ControlAccessor</span></tt> &#8212; Control Manager accssors</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.Controls">37.8.12. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.Controls</span></tt> &#8212; Control Manager constants</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.CoreFounation">37.8.13. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.CoreFounation</span></tt> &#8212; CoreFounation constants</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.CoreGraphics">37.8.14. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.CoreGraphics</span></tt> &#8212; CoreGraphics constants</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.Ctl">37.8.15. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.Ctl</span></tt> &#8212; Control Manager</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.Dialogs">37.8.16. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.Dialogs</span></tt> &#8212; Dialog Manager constants</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.Dlg">37.8.17. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.Dlg</span></tt> &#8212; Dialog Manager</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.Drag">37.8.18. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.Drag</span></tt> &#8212; Drag and Drop Manager</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.Dragconst">37.8.19. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.Dragconst</span></tt> &#8212; Drag and Drop Manager constants</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.Events">37.8.20. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.Events</span></tt> &#8212; Event Manager constants</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.Evt">37.8.21. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.Evt</span></tt> &#8212; Event Manager</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.File">37.8.22. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.File</span></tt> &#8212; File Manager</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.Files">37.8.23. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.Files</span></tt> &#8212; File Manager constants</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.Fm">37.8.24. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.Fm</span></tt> &#8212; Font Manager</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.Folder">37.8.25. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.Folder</span></tt> &#8212; Folder Manager</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.Folders">37.8.26. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.Folders</span></tt> &#8212; Folder Manager constants</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.Fonts">37.8.27. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.Fonts</span></tt> &#8212; Font Manager constants</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.Help">37.8.28. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.Help</span></tt> &#8212; Help Manager</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.IBCarbon">37.8.29. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.IBCarbon</span></tt> &#8212; Carbon InterfaceBuilder</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.IBCarbonRuntime">37.8.30. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.IBCarbonRuntime</span></tt> &#8212; Carbon InterfaceBuilder constants</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.Icns">37.8.31. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.Icn</span></tt> &#8212; Carbon Icon Manager</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.Icons">37.8.32. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.Icons</span></tt> &#8212; Carbon Icon Manager constants</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.Launch">37.8.33. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.Launch</span></tt> &#8212; Carbon Launch Services</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.LaunchServices">37.8.34. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.LaunchServices</span></tt> &#8212; Carbon Launch Services constants</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.List">37.8.35. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.List</span></tt> &#8212; List Manager</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.Lists">37.8.36. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.Lists</span></tt> &#8212; List Manager constants</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.MacHelp">37.8.37. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.MacHelp</span></tt> &#8212; Help Manager constants</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.MediaDescr">37.8.38. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.MediaDescr</span></tt> &#8212; Parsers and generators for Quicktime Media descriptors</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.Menu">37.8.39. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.Menu</span></tt> &#8212; Menu Manager</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.Menus">37.8.40. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.Menus</span></tt> &#8212; Menu Manager constants</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.Mlte">37.8.41. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.Mlte</span></tt> &#8212; MultiLingual Text Editor</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.OSA">37.8.42. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.OSA</span></tt> &#8212; Carbon OSA Interface</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.OSAconst">37.8.43. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.OSAconst</span></tt> &#8212; Carbon OSA Interface constants</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.QDOffscreen">37.8.44. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.QDOffscreen</span></tt> &#8212; QuickDraw Offscreen constants</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.Qd">37.8.45. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.Qd</span></tt> &#8212; QuickDraw</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.Qdoffs">37.8.46. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.Qdoffs</span></tt> &#8212; QuickDraw Offscreen</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.Qt">37.8.47. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.Qt</span></tt> &#8212; QuickTime</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.QuickDraw">37.8.48. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.QuickDraw</span></tt> &#8212; QuickDraw constants</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.QuickTime">37.8.49. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.QuickTime</span></tt> &#8212; QuickTime constants</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.Res">37.8.50. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.Res</span></tt> &#8212; Resource Manager and Handles</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.Resources">37.8.51. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.Resources</span></tt> &#8212; Resource Manager and Handles constants</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.Scrap">37.8.52. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.Scrap</span></tt> &#8212; Scrap Manager</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.Snd">37.8.53. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.Snd</span></tt> &#8212; Sound Manager</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.Sound">37.8.54. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.Sound</span></tt> &#8212; Sound Manager constants</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.TE">37.8.55. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.TE</span></tt> &#8212; TextEdit</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.TextEdit">37.8.56. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.TextEdit</span></tt> &#8212; TextEdit constants</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.Win">37.8.57. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.Win</span></tt> &#8212; Window Manager</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference external" href="carbon.html#module-Carbon.Windows">37.8.58. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Carbon.Windows</span></tt> &#8212; Window Manager constants</a></li>
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